Commentary: Is the LRDP Really that Bad?
The Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) process has been very interesting to observe. What I have seen…
Sunday Commentary: The LRDP Accomplishes Much of What It Needed to Accomplish
For the most part I would argue that, as long as both UC Davis and the city…
My View: We Talk about Town-Gown, but then the Rhetoric Flies
Every year it seems that our city council talks about a goal of improving its relations with…
Commentary: Abusing CEQA Is Hurting Us All
Yesterday I was reading through the material on Field + Pond and one of the things that…
Plaza 2555 is Not Just Another Student Housing Project
Project Comes Forward with Revised Proposal and a Mix of Units Mix of units. That is the…
My View: Assessing the UC Davis Impact on the Community
This week, UC Davis came out with a finalized version of its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). …
UC Davis Finalizes Its LRDP
A long, three-year process nears its completion as the university has finalized both its 2018 LRDP (Long…
UC Davis Responds to City Concerns on LRDP, EIR
The city of Davis during the course of the university’s LRDP (Long Range Development Plan) process sent…
Commentary: Student Housing Crisis Not Over Just Yet
Was talking with the developer from Sterling on Monday. Some might have noticed that the land for…
Monday Morning Thoughts: More Student Housing?
In the wake of the voter passage of Nishi, this is a question every governing body in…
Commentary: Is This Really What We Want?
As the community has engaged in a conversation on student housing, some have argued that UC Davis…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Look At UC Housing and LRDP Post- Nishi
UC Davis has agreed to increase its overall on-campus housing allotment from 28 percent currently to 48…
My View: Nishi as a Referendum on Measure R
Had Nishi been defeated in the Measure R vote on Tuesday, I believe that this would have…
Analysis: Nishi Wins Big – What Does It Mean?
Even with a lot of ballots still remaining, the chances that the results on Measure J, Nishi,…
Nishi Looks Like It Will Become the First Successful Measure R Project
While it seems unlikely that the same day absentees will impact the outcome – in fact they…
We Talked to Students – They Don’t Agree Nishi Is Unaffordable
In a provocative piece published yesterday in the Vanguard, Rik Keller argued that the market rate units…
An Examination of the Affordability of the Nishi Project/Measure J: Expensive and Overcrowded
By Rik Keller Based on extensive analysis of the Nishi project I did using my long-term professional…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Long List of Authors with a Long List of Problems with Nishi, but…
The list of authors is long, it’s a list of longtime progressives mixed with some new faces:…
Letter: We Need Nishi
By Maynard Skinner When I was first elected to City Council in 1966, Davis was an entirely…
My View: Are We Really Going to Debate about Whether There’s a Housing Crisis?
Matt Williams makes an interesting point, but he makes several critical mistakes in attempting to explain away…
